FILE – Cleveland Cavaliers ahead Cedi Osman performs through the first half of Sport 4 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff collection in opposition to the New York Knicks in New York, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photograph/Mary Altaffer, File)
CLEVELAND— The Cleveland Cavaliers are absolutely guaranteeing ahead Cedi Osman’s $6.7 million contract for subsequent season, an individual aware of the choice instructed The Related Press on Thursday.
Osman has been a strong contributor for the Cavs since 2017. If the staff hadn’t assured the deal earlier than Friday, Osman would have entered free company. The particular person spoke to AP on situation of anonymity as a result of the staff has not made the choice public.
ESPN first reported Osman’s deal.
The 28-year-old Osman averaged 8.7 and a couple of.3 rebounds in 20.1 minutes final season because the Cavs gained 51 video games and returned to the playoffs for the primary time since 2018. They have been bounced within the first spherical by the New York Knicks.
Osman’s position modified all through the season, resulting in some inconsistency. Nonetheless, he was one of many staff’s few dependable exterior shooters and he offered management to one of many league’s youngest groups.
Osman has averaged 9.7 factors and three.0 rebounds in 404 profession video games — 183 begins.
The Cavaliers additionally introduced their Summer season League roster, which incorporates ahead Emoni Bates, their second-round choose final week.
Bates is among the most intriguing prospects on this yr’s draft class. Pegged as a highschool prodigy, Bates, who averaged 19.2 factors final season at Jap Michigan, has not performed as much as predictions or his potential.
The Cavs view him as a low-risk, high-reward challenge and can give him a chance to make their roster. Cleveland has been determined to discover a two-way wing participant.
Cleveland’s summer season staff additionally contains two gamers with native roots in Pete Nance and Cedric Henderson Jr. They’re the respective sons of Larry Nance and Cedric Henderson Sr., who each performed for the Cavaliers.
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